Sinead O’Connor”Throw Down Your Arms”One might fear…

Sinead O’Connor

“Throw Down Your Arms”

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One might fear O’Connor’s first full foray into reggae, but she approaches these dozen covers with the sincerity of a convert–and with reggae legends Sly & Robbie backing her she really can’t go wrong. O’Connor has cited Bob Marley’s “War,” which she performs here, as the origin of her Rastafarian epiphany.

Best track: “Marcus Garvey” is saved–like the rest of the disc–by O’Connor’s smart decision to sing in her own Irish accent rather than affect a Jamaican patois.